Called “Quantitative Input Influence,” or QII, the system would test a given algorithm through a range of different inputs. Based on that data, the QII system could then effectively estimate ...

All mainstream credit card numbers obey a mathematical trick designed to catch the most common typos. It’s called the Luhn algorithm, named after IBM researcher Hans Peter Luhn, who patented it in ...

Our research into predictive algorithms reveals a hidden revolution taking place in the UK's public services. Councils and police forces are beginning to exploit the vast seams of data at their ...

Be wary of hidden algorithms, says Stark By Ciara Del Grosso Bates Google News Lab Fellow and journalism graduate, into technology, development, design and photography.

Algorithms are increasingly helping to decide legal fates. They're meant to remove bias, but embedded bias and uneven use open opportunities for unfairness.

01-28-2019 THE FUTURE OF POLICING How to lift the veil off hidden algorithms In the absence of rules around algorithms, activists, lawyers, and tech workers are hacking transparency through other ...

Implementing race and ethnicity in clinical algorithms increases prediction accuracy for colorectal cancer recurrence.

Researchers have shown that an algorithm with no training in materials science can scan the text of millions of papers and uncover new scientific knowledge. They collected 3.3 million abstracts of ...

Hidden Algorithm Flaws Expose Websites to DoS Attacks Why throw a bunch of junk traffic at a service, when all it takes to stall it out is just a few bytes? Elena Lacey ...